Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-07

and going quickly to the bureau where
it was standing, / snatched it up and
threw il in his face. He then reached
for the door to go out, but being
| blinded, put his hands on the panel
of the door, and that is how all the
marks are there. He said nothing.
was very much excited and ran down
stairs behind Petrie, but had nothing in
my hands. then ran up stairs again,
and kept running up and down stairs
three or four times. l saw Petrie run to
the front gate once, while | was on the
porch. He looked at me but said moth.
ing. Then Mr.. Gibson, who is brother
of Mrs. Martin, the proprietor of the
house, took Petrie around in the back
yard where heard he washed his face
with water. l was not undressed.
Mr.. Rozelle then spoke of Petrie aud
Petrie's wife in very i'll manner. He
also said that he had told different par
ties that il Petrie ever insulted his wife
again he would be sorry.
Mr.. Gibson was placed on the stand
and said: "Oa the day of the vitriol
throwing l had conversation with
Rozelle. He said, 'if my wife has used
the stuff as / told her to and the way l
fixed it, Petrie will not insult another
woman. He said, Il hope she has
blinded him for life.
G.. Hitler was called and testified that
he kept cigar store. He said: "Ro-
zelle told me the story in regard to this
case about two hours after it happened.
Rczelle said Petrie came to l29 College
street and took rooms. He made i'm.
proper advances towards Mrs. Rozelle
and he had had mis- wife fix him. He
had contemplated the business for
about two months because Petrie had
interfered with his family relations.
He got vitriol and showed his wife how
to use it. He poured vitriol in cup,
poured little on rag which burned
up, and then poured it back into the
bottle. He got it from Juenger's drug
store. He said he was away when it
happened and found it out when he got
home. Kozelle stated that when his
wife first came from the east
he objected to introducing her
to Petrie but Petrie determined
to force bis acquaintance and threw a
paper to Mrs. Rozslle. He said to his
wife, tell the gentleman / can buy you
papers, etc., and he had better keep on
his own side of the hedge. His wife
tried to shun Petrie that's the reason he
got the vitriol. He got it for his wife
to use; had it for two months. Rozelle
said that was to be the way for his wife
to get revenge instead of him (Rozelle),
taking it. He said that his wife told
him that Petrie had been in her room.
VIM. III. Juenger, druggist, said be
had seen Mr.. Rozells but didn't know
the woman. He didn't know whether
Rozelle ever bought vitriol or drugs from
his store or not. He had been there
once or twice.
Mrs Joseph Mutually was sworn. She
said she had known Mrs. Rozelle; saw
her on the day the day the deed was
done; she came to Mrs. Mullally's house
and stayed fifteen or twenty minutes;
II went back with her to her room; Ro-
zells was there; he said that he had pre-
pared the vitriol in the cup for his wife
to use if any one should insult her; she
showed me the bottle; she said Petrie
had insulted her and she had thrown the
vitriol she said that she MRS. Rozelle)
was powdering her face; the door was
ajar and Petrie came in; he tried to kiss
her; she fought till she got to the wash
stand, where the cup of vitriol was,
when she snatched it up and threw it on
him. Rozelle said he had something
for his wife to use in case she got burnt.
Mrs. Rozelle said that Petrie caught her
and tried to throw her on the bed"
The case was submitted without argu-
ment and Justice Austin held Rozelle in
$1,000 bonds. Bonds were not furnished
and both parties went back to Jail.
Mr.. McGregor, the witness in the
above case, is connected with the HER
AID and made the report of the Rozelle
vitriol case when it occurred. He was
the only reporter who had authentic
interviews with the Rozelles, and hence
he was called as witness. As Henry
Gage remarked in court yesterday, any
thing that appears in the HERALD can
be taken as true and correct.